Kenneth A. Womack, Ph.D.
Professor of English and Popular Music
Dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Department
- English, School of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Office
- Plangere Center 116
- Phone
- 732-571-3419
- kwomack@monmouth.edu View Personal Site
Kenneth A. Womack, Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
B.A./M.A., Texas A&M University
Research Interests
Womack's areas of professional interest include the Beatles, 20th-century British literature, and creative writing. He serves as editor of Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: A Journal of Criticism and Theory, published by Penn State University Press, and co-editor of the English Association's Year's Work in English Studies, published by Oxford University Press.
Publications
Books
Fiction:
Playing the Angel. Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2013.
The Restaurant at the End of the World. Mint Hill Books, 2012.
John Doe No. 2 and the Dreamland Motel. Switchgrass Books, 2010.
Nonfiction:
The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four. Greenwood Press, 2014.
The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles. Bloomsbury, 2007.
Reading the Beatles: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, and the Fab Four. SUNY Press, 2006.
Courses
Dean Womack: 50 Years After ‘Abbey Road,’ Here’s How the Beatles Went From Symbols of the Generation Gap to a Band for All Ages
Sep 26, 2019
Ken Womack’s New Book Reveals Beatles ‘Abbey Road’ Breakup Secrets 50 Years On
Sep 18, 2019
The Historical Impact of the Fab Four with Dean Kenneth Womack
Sep 5, 2019
Dean Womack: Springsteen’s Lyrics Offer a British-Pakistani Teen Hope in “Blinded by the Light”
Aug 19, 2019
Dean Kenneth Womack: Elvis Presley’s 1969 Las Vegas Run Was a Crown Jewel in the King’s Comeback
Aug 9, 2019
